{"id":2047,"date":"2011-07-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/over-1000-cows-fed-nuclear-contaminated-feed-shipped-in-japan-reuters.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:59:33","slug":"over-1000-cows-fed-nuclear-contaminated-feed-shipped-in-japan-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 cows fed nuclear-contaminated feed shipped in Japan | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img data-opt-id=396057261  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JLhZ9emrwFs\/TicHRDDvoFI\/AAAAAAAADNs\/3psQtuheE8o\/s320\/radioactive%2BCow.jpg?resize=320%2C222\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hey maybe there&#8217;s an upside!&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Does this mean that the hamburger (from the cows that ate radioactive feed) comes pre-cooked?&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Will that kill the e-coli that somehow always ends up going from cow pies to hamburger patties? &nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maybe we could have<i><b> cow sushi<\/b><\/i>? I sense a new market opening up!! You could get a <u>Spicy Bessie Roll<\/u>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">_______<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">More than 1,000 beef cattle that ate feed contaminated with radioactive cesium have been shipped all over&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/japan\" style=\"color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Full coverage of Japan\">Japan<\/a>&nbsp;from Fukushima and other prefectures, Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday, adding to anxiety after the world&#8217;s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The report comes a day after Tokyo ordered the suspension of all shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima prefecture after discovering that cattle fed rice straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium had been shipped nationwide<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Japanese consumers have become increasingly worried about food safety following cases of contaminated vegetables, tea, milk, seafood and water due to radiation leaks at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant in Fukushima, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A total of 1,235 cattle that ate straw containing radioactive cesium have been shipped from Fukushima and seven other prefectures to other parts of Japan, Kyodo reported, up from the 500 reported Tuesday.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The straw, which was left in rice paddies even as the Fukushima plant leaked radiation after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, contained cesium up to 500 times the levels considered safe.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The government is still conducting tests to determine whether the meat itself was contaminated.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Experts say the health implications for consumers from cow feed contamination were not immediately clear.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/07\/20\/us-japan-nuclear-beef-idUSTRE76J38820110720\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Over 1,000 cows fed nuclear-contaminated feed shipped in Japan | Reuters<\/span><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willcloweraudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=121310768  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Audicles\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedburner.com\/WillClowerAudicles.4.gif?w=735\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerrecipes.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1059463939  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/feeds.feedburner.com\/WillClowerRecipes.5.gif\"  class=\"optimole-lazy-only \"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Recipes\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E?w=735\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\" layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey maybe there&#8217;s an upside!&nbsp;Does this mean that the hamburger (from the cows that ate radioactive feed) comes pre-cooked?&nbsp;Will that kill the e-coli that somehow always ends up going from &hellip; 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